Drink driving engagement in women: An exploration of context, hazardous alcohol use, and behaviour

English version

Autoři: Kerry A. Armstrong ^aff001; James E. Freeman ^aff001; Jeremy D. Davey ^aff001; Rachel L. Kelly ^aff001
Působiště autorů: Road Safety Research Collaboration, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia ^aff001; Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety–Queensland (CARRS-Q), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia ^aff002
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(9)
Kategorie: Research Article
prolekare.web.journal.doi_sk: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222195

Souhrn

Background

While drink driving continues to be significantly more common among male drivers, there is evidence from many countries that shows a growing trend of women engaging in this risky behaviour. The aims of the current study were threefold: (i) determine to what extent a sample of women drivers reported engaging in drink driving behaviour by expanding the construct into a range of definitions, (ii) determine if there were significant differences in self-reported engagement in drink driving behaviours in accordance with hazardous drinking behaviour, and (iii) identify which situational or personal factors would increase women drivers’ likelihood to engage in drink driving through presenting a range of scenarios.

Method

Data were collected using an on-line, purpose-designed survey and promoted to reach women aged 17 years and older, living in Queensland, Australia. In addition to questions relating to demographic characteristics, participants completed items relating to engagement in seven drink driving related behaviours in the previous 12-month period, hazardous drinking as measured by the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, and likelihood of driving when unsure if over the legal limit for licence type across a range of scenarios manipulating different situational factors. A total of 644 valid responses were received in the two-week period the study was advertised.

Results

The results demonstrate women’s self-reported engagement in drink driving behaviour ranged from 12.6% (driving when they believed they were over the legal limit) to over 50.0% (driving when unsure if over the legal limit the morning after drinking alcohol) and was significantly more likely among those who reported hazardous levels of alcohol use. Circumstances in which women reported they would drive when unsure if over the legal BAC limit were when they were a few blocks from home, if they subjectively felt they were not too intoxicated, or if they needed their car to get somewhere the next morning.

Conclusion

Examining drink driving behaviour by way of responses to nuanced definitions provided valuable insight into self-reported engagement in the behaviour and highlights the usefulness of multi-measure dependent variables in order to illuminate a more accurate acknowledgement into both the type (and extent) of drink driving behaviours.

Klíčová slova:

Biology and life sciences – Physical sciences – Engineering and technology – Research and analysis methods – Neuroscience – Cognitive science – Psychology – Social sciences – Sociology – People and places – Mathematics – Geographical locations – Medicine and health sciences – Statistics – Mathematical and statistical techniques – Statistical methods – Research design – Nutrition – Diet – Neurology – Cognitive neurology – Cognitive impairment – Alcohol consumption – Cognitive neuroscience – Behavior – Education – Schools – Civil engineering – Transportation infrastructure – Roads – Transportation – Survey research – Surveys – Analysis of variance – Oceania – Australia

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